Repair link



June 12, 1923.

. 1,458,571 L. s. CLARK REPAIR LINK Filed June 30 1922 4 3 4 Jyz,

gvmenloz Patented June 12, 1923, H i I ran STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Application filed June 30,1922. Serial no. 572,074.

To all whom it may concern: when used to repair chains intended to pass Be it known that I, Lns'rnn S. CLARK, a over a shieve the link will conform to the citizen of the United States, residing at Reisshape of the shieve or pulley in passing over terstown, county of Baltimore, and State the same.

5 of h laryland, have invented a new and useful In using the link it will be necessary to in- Repair Link, of which the following is a sert some sharp instrument between the specification. loops 3 and tand pry the same apart for the This invention relates torepair links for insertion of the chain being repaired, the chains and has for its object the provision spiral twist 6 provides sufiicient resilency 10 of a strong link, simply constructed, it being for this purpose and causes the loop to reparticularly designed for use in repairing turn to closed position after the link is inthe tread chains of automobile anti-skid serted. h i A repair link constructed in accordance Another object is to provide a repair link with the present invention is particularly 15 that may be easily applied toa broken chain adapted for the purpose intended and may and that will conform readily to the contour be very cheaply manufactured. of the tire to which the chain may be 'ap Minor changes may be made in the device li d, withln the scope of what is claimed without lVith these and other objects in view the departing from the spirit of the inventon.

20 invention aims to improve generally and to Having thus described the invention what enhance the utility of devices of that class is claimed is; to which the present disclosure relates; 1. A device of the class described compris- In the drawing Figure l is a perspective mg a pair of members each including loop view of the device. shaped parts, oppositely disposed and an 25 Figure 2 is an edge view of the same. intermediate twisted portion affording a Referring to the drawing it will be seen resilient connection between the said parts to the link comprises two members 1 andQ, they permit access to the parts. being similar in construction, each having 5 2. A device of-the class described comloop shaped members 3 and 4 oppositely disprising loop shaped members including in- 30 posed and having their outer ends overturned portions which are twisted together lapped. The shanks 5 of the loops have their to afford a hinge joint between said meminner ends connected by a transversely exbers, each of said members embodying resiltended spiral twist 6, the twist of one mem-. ient parts affording access to said members ber engaging the twist of the other member the said-parts of eachmember remaining in 35 to form a pivotal connection between the fixed relation to each other when relative said members. By reason of the pivotal conmovement between the said members occurs nection the link will adapt itself to the curat the hinge joint. vature of an automobile tire when used in i the cross-chain of non-skid chains. Also LESTER S. CLARK. 

